Americans Are a Lonely Lot, and Young People Bear the Heaviest Burden

Re:Americans Are a Lonely Lot, and Young People Bear the Hea... by hiram112 on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @07:58PM (#16972883)

I would say the lack of family for many (men, especially) in their late 20's and beyond is another issue that the media will be slow to acknowledge.

Let's face it - 33% of males aren't going to have families of their own, and probably 66% or so (very rough figures) will end up spending the majority of their lives without their families (due to ez-divorce and custody laws favoring mothers).

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Re:Americans Are a Lonely Lot, and Young People Bear the Hea... by creep on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @08:46PM (#16973162)

Families are more important than we think today. Everyone now is an Ultra Important Individual. And that's great, but you need a home base from which to operate as an individual, and you need secure relationships. Don't have kids if you don't want kids, but find a partner and a dog, and take your partnerships seriously. Go into your serious relationships with the for-life mindset.

The next step in our little social activism pendulum is looking at custody laws for sure. Men are very much at risk here on the topic of loneliness especially.

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Re:Americans Are a Lonely Lot, and Young People Bear the Hea... by 0x4f3759df on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @10:55PM (#16973690)

Life in your 20s can be more about your friends and going out, but life after 40 is really about family (if you're fortunate enough to have one of your own)... If your numbers are right it is a total catastrophe.

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